Chief Strategy and Corporate Development Officer

Location: Kolkata, West Bengal

Company: SRMB Group

Reporting to: Director

Overall Experience: 15+ years

SRMB Group is one of India’s respected steel and construction-materials companies, built on a legacy of strength, trust, and nation-building. With a turnover of over ₹2,500 crore, 3,000+ employees, and a strong manufacturing and pan-India presence, SRMB is entering its next phase of growth through capacity expansion, value-added products, new businesses, strategic partnerships, and acquisitions.

We are looking for an accomplished Chief Strategy and Corporate Development Officer to lead the Group’s strategy, corporate development and long-term growth agenda.

Role Summary The role will work directly with the Managing Director and senior leadership to define SRMB’s long-term strategy, evaluate growth opportunities, strengthen capital allocation and drive major corporate-development initiatives.

The mandate covers enterprise strategy, portfolio planning, diversification, M&A;, joint ventures, strategic and technology partnerships, current-business development and execution of key strategic initiatives.

This is a hands-on leadership role requiring consulting-grade strategic thinking, strong commercial and financial judgment, transaction experience and the ability to convert strategy into measurable business outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

- Formulate and periodically refresh SRMB’s short-, medium- and long-term corporate strategy.
- Translate the Group’s growth objectives into clear priorities, business plans and execution roadmaps.
- Evaluate opportunities across the core steel business, value-added products, adjacent sectors, technologies and geographies.
- Analyse markets, competitors, customers and regulations to identify opportunities, risks and potential disruptions.
- Build a pipeline of acquisitions, joint ventures,



technology partnerships and strategic alliances in India and international markets.
- Develop investment theses and business cases for priority sectors, targets and partners.
- Lead market assessment, valuation, due diligence, risk evaluation, transaction structuring and synergy analysis.
- Coordinate internal teams and external advisers through negotiations, approvals, transaction closing and integration planning.
- Track post-deal integration, synergy realization and value creation.
- Build relationships with investment banks, financial institutions, advisers, business owners and industry networks.
- Evaluate major capital expenditure, expansion, acquisition and new-business proposals based on strategic fit, risk, cash flow, ROCE, ROIC, IRR and payback.
- Review business, product and project portfolios and recommend where SRMB should invest, scale, partner, restructure or exit.
- Identify new-business, product, customer-segment, technology and value-chain opportunities and determine whether they should be built internally or pursued through licensing, partnerships, JVs or acquisitions.
- Track key strategic initiatives against approved milestones, investments and expected outcomes.
- Present clear recommendations and progress updates to the Managing Director and senior leadership.
- Build and lead the Strategy and Corporate Development function.

Ideal Candidate Profile

- 18+ years of experience across management consulting, corporate strategy, corporate development, M&A;,



business transformation or new-business development.
- Partners and Associate Partners from MBB, Big Four and other prestigious strategy consulting firms will be strongly preferred, particularly those with meaningful prior or subsequent in-house corporate experience.
- Should have held a senior corporate role in strategy, M&A;, corporate development, portfolio management or new-business development within a sizeable industrial or diversified business group.
- At least five years of experience leading enterprise-level strategy, transactions, transformation or new-business mandates.
- Proven ability to translate strategy into measurable business and financial outcomes.
- Hands-on experience in acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic partnerships, diversification or new-business development.
- Strong expertise in market assessment, financial modelling, valuation, due diligence, capital allocation and investment returns.
- Experience in transaction structuring, post-merger integration and synergy realization will be strongly valued.
- Direct experience working with promoters, boards, CEOs or senior leadership teams.
- Exposure to steel, metals, building materials, engineering, infrastructure, manufacturing or other process industries is preferred.
- MBA or PGDM from a leading Indian or global business school is strongly preferred.
- A bachelor’s degree in engineering, economics or finance from a premier institution will be an advantage.
- Strong strategic thinking, commercial judgment, executive communication and stakeholder-management skills.
- Ability to bring structure, analytical rigour, independence of thought and execution discipline to a promoter-led organization.

Compensation will be among the best in the industry and will not be a constraint for the right candidate.

📌 Chief Strategy and Corporate Development Officer (Kolkata)
🏢 SRMB Steel
📍 Kolkata